Sophias vs. Revel Studios

You know Warrenh knows his stuff pretty well and did a killer review on the sistrum monitor stands. However as far as power I think the efficiency of the amp may have a lot to do with the studios. I agree that with ML or someone else you might need a 250wpc into 8ohms or better. On the other hand I am driving mine with Harmonic
Precision amps at 110 wpc and more than 97% efficiency and unless I'ved snowed myself for no reason they are absolutely dynamic. I have also heard them with spectrals that were 150 wpc and while I felt the spectrals were way too bright they drove them pretty good.

There are many postings on the Revel Studios. You should search for these and get a feel for them. I have the studios and love them. Great detail and soundstage. The Sophias are supposed to be very good as well. I seemed to have read a review in Stereophile recently, but have not heard them. What setting you are going to place these in and what equipment they are going to be matched to is exceedingly important in your decision. Good Luck.

The studios are very transparant like thiel but have great imaging. I always loved the detail of the thiels, but when I first heard the Revels I was excited by the addition of this feature. I have demod the Revels with many amps and find them remarkably versatile. I didn't expect this, but they have really worked well through a spectrum of different style amps.